Things They Carrie, The – Tim O’Brien
NF/NF 1st Print Inscribed

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, First printing of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. First Edition stated, 1990, Houghton Mifflin. First Printing with complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

The book is in Near Fine condition with bright boards with a few marks, strong title ink on a straight spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the author’s signature and brief inscription on the title page.  No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and the price on the front flap which looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

Depicting the men of Alpha Company—Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three—the stories in The Things They Carried opened our eyes to the nature of war in a way we will never forget.

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